The classic movie channel getTV just signed a major deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group, according to the the Press Release on June 23. This means that this deal will be bringing the classic movie channel to 33 new markets including in places like Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Portland, and St. Louis.

With getTV's new SBG agreement, the network's clearance level is close to 70 perfect of U.S. TV households. That ups the current reach almost 20 perfect since the channel's debut four months ago.

The launch dates for the network's 33 SBG stations will be completed before the end of September 2014. Some of the stations that will be getting getTV are:

The Baltimore station, WNUV

The Boise station, KYUU

The Las Vegas station, KVMY

The Madison station, WMSN

The Milwaukee station, WVTV

The Flint station, WSMH

The Wichita station, KMTW

The Dayton Station, WKEF

And many other stations are joining getTV's affiliated lineup.

The Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of SBG David Amy commented about the agreement:

We are excited to add getTV to our channel line-up.

Amy also believes that there is an audience demand in their markets for classic movies, and they are pleased to fulfill that local need.

The Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc is the largest and one of the most diversified TV broadcasting companies with affiliations with all the major networks.

getTV is a digital channel that is operated by Sony Pictures TV Networks. It was launched in February 2014, and is a channel that is dedicated to showing classic Hollywood movies. Just recently the station for the month of June celebrated classic blonde bombshells.

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Kellie Haulotte was a contributor on Yahoo! Voices and used to write for Triond and Hubpages too. Kellie writes articles about films from the classics to newer cinema. Her schooling in film is simple: she reads a lot of film books and explores a lot of movies from the good to the terrible. She has over 200 and counting movies in her library and she dedicates herself on trying to explore films from all over the world. Some of her favorite classic movies are, "Little Caesar," "The Glass Key," "The Seventh Seal," "Le Samourai" anything with Humphrey Bogart, and a ton of classic horror flicks. Some of her favorite modern movies are, "Only Lovers Left Alive," "Ripley's Game," "The Farewell," "Queen Margot," "Desperado," "Interview With The Vampire," "The Bourne films," "Blue Jasmine," "Scream," and plenty of others. For any questions about classic cinema, you can email her at classicfilmexaminer@yahoo.com